Wordsworth and the Writing of the Nation

Examining Wordsworth's writing and publishing against the contemporaneous emergence of the national census, national survey, and national museum, Garrett argues, reveals Wordsworth not as a fading and withdrawn middle-aged poet but as an engaged public figure attempting to 'write the nation' and position himself as the nation's poet.

• | Author: James M. Garrett
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Mar 28, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 224 pages
• | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
• | ISBN-10: 0754657833
• | ISBN-13: 9780754657835